National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 2004

The National Ambulatory Medical Care Surveys (NAMCS) supply
data on ambulatory medical care provided in physicians' offices. The
2004 survey contains information from 25,286 patient visits to 1,121
physicians' offices. Data are available on the patient's smoking
habits, reason for the visit, expected source of payment, the
physician's diagnosis, and the kinds of diagnostic and therapeutic
services rendered. Other variables cover drugs/medications ordered,
administered, or provided during office visits, with information on
medication code, generic name and code, brand name, entry status,
prescription status, federal controlled substance status, composition
status, and related ingredient codes. Information is also included on
the physician's specialization and geographic location. Demographic
information on patients, such as age, sex, race, and ethnicity, was
also collected.

国家门诊医疗护理调查（National Ambulatory Medical Care Surveys, NAMCS）收录了医师诊室提供的门诊医疗护理相关数据。2004年的调查涵盖了来自1121家医师诊室的25286次患者就诊信息。数据集包含患者吸烟习惯、就诊缘由、预计支付来源、医师诊断结果，以及所提供的各类诊断与治疗服务相关信息。其余变量涉及诊室就诊期间开具、施用或提供的药物/药品，相关信息包括药物代码、通用名及其代码、商品名、录入状态、处方状态、联邦管制药品状态、成分状态以及相关成分代码。数据集同时收录了医师的专科领域与地理位置信息。此外还收集了患者的人口统计学信息，涵盖年龄、性别、种族与族裔等内容。